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| Community Leader   Join Date: May 2008 Location: South Gender:  Posts: 939 Country: 
  |  Michael Savage's view of Autism Radio host, homophobe, hate monger Michael Savage has created some scandal with his uneducated comments yet again. This time, Savage stated that nearly every child with autism is just “a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out." And, to make matters even worse, he actually believes that! Savage has said that he has no intentions to apologize for his remarks. The host said, “My main point remains true. It is an overdiagnosed medical condition. In my readings, there is no definitive medical diagnosis for autism.” He even went on to say that "99% of the cases" of autism were a result of lax parenting. Adding, “They don’t have a father around to tell them: ‘Don’t act like a moron. You’ll get nowhere in life.” As for what he believes autistic children should be hearing, he said they should be told, “ ‘Straighten up. Act like a man. Don’t sit there crying and screaming, idiot.’ ” Savage's program, Savage Nation, is heard nationally on more than 350 stations. He did say he would dedicate Monday's segment, from 3pm to 6pm pst, to allow parents to call in and discuss autism. John Gilmore, executive director of Autism United, says, Savage "characterizes children with autism who are very, very ill — disabled children — as essentially bad kids; the only thing wrong with them is they have parents who don’t discipline them." He adds, "That completely misrepresents what is going on with children with autism. Basically, what he’s doing is parroting what used to be said about autism 40 years ago, back in the heyday of Freudian analysis. It was blamed on bad parenting. There wasn’t a shred of evidence to support that.” As for WOR, one of the stations that carries Savages program, they released a statement saying “The views expressed by Michael Savage are his views and are not those of WOR Radio. We regret any consternation that his remarks may have caused to our listeners.” At least they're trying to cover their asses. Catherine Lord, a professor and expert on autism, says "Any tendency to blame the children or to think they’re just being bratty if they misbehave perpetuates the myth that autism isn’t a learning disability. It’s a neurobiological condition, just like epilepsy or another medical condition like diabetes or a heart condition. It would be like blaming the child with a heart condition for not being able to exercise.” What do U think? I think Savage needs to educate himself better before he pretends to know what he is talking about. "I did not choose to be gay, I was chosen".... Hey idiot, "Next time you have a thought...just let it go." -Ron White Lather, rinse and repeat. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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07-21-2008, 09:49 PM
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| Community Leader  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Flint, MI Gender: Posts: 842 Country:
 | Again, like my last post on this guy, fuck him in the neck. The political disagreements I have with him, they don't matter, but to say disabled children are just faking it? This is just insane, he has really gone off the deep end with this comment. What's next? Is going to complain about kids in wheelchairs, call 'em lazy or something? Obama is a Socialist, racist Muslim who will tax us to death and McCain is a senile warmonger who will start WW3- Failtards. "Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it."-Sen. John McCain, February 2000. I miss the old McCain... | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Live the Light, Give the Light, Bring Heaven to Earth Every Day! I am not a human being having a spiritual experience, I am a spiritual being having a human experience. The ancient Greeks used to say, "You shall know a man by the friends that he keeps." Given the nature of their friends and advisers, what are we to conclude about the Republican party: Stop the madness before us it stops! Σταματήστε την τρέλα προτού να μας σταματήσεϊ Greek | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Couldn't vote, michael savage is a brat is just not strong enough! Live the Light, Give the Light, Bring Heaven to Earth Every Day! I am not a human being having a spiritual experience, I am a spiritual being having a human experience. The ancient Greeks used to say, "You shall know a man by the friends that he keeps." Given the nature of their friends and advisers, what are we to conclude about the Republican party: Stop the madness before us it stops! Σταματήστε την τρέλα προτού να μας σταματήσεϊ Greek | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Autism being over diagnosed? I think not. With ADHD though, he does have a point. I think he needs to do some research into what Autism actually is. Those kids are not brats, they are in need of our love and support. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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07-22-2008, 07:37 AM
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| I have a cousin who is autistic, and has been for 40 years. He can't talk, was 6 before he was finally potty trained, and has been in a institution for 25 years. For this idiot to say that about autism, well, it only proves again what I've thought about this a-hole a along. And anyone who listens to his vomit is an idiot, also. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| has this jackass every been right about ANYTHING? he's just Ann Coulter with a smaller dick *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Conservatism: Self-centered mean-spiritedness fueled by ignorance and misguided self-importance. Bigotry is a social disease. Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage." | |||||||||||||||||||||
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